Shawnee and Bethel school districts purchase upgrades

At Monday's Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board gave approval for Bethel Schools to purchase a Ford 3/4-ton crew cab truck from Seminole Ford for $41,825.

Adam Ewing

At Monday's Pottawatomie County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board gave approval for Bethel Schools to purchase a Ford 3/4-ton crew cab truck from Seminole Ford for $41,825.

Bethel will use funds available to the district from their portion of the county's education sales tax.

A request was approved for Shawnee Public Schools for heating-relating work and repairs. American Air will do labor only at a cost of $4,845. Carrier will supply the materials for a total of $11,508.13. on several sites in the Shawnee Public School system.

Shawnee Public Schools also will use funds available from the county's education sales tax.

The board also opened four bids for a resurfacing project of approximately two miles of Bethel Road, 650 feet each way off Little River Road.

The following bids were accepted:

Markwell - $164,819

Haskell Lemon - $257,607.20

Bishop Construction - $274,150

Glover & Associates - $260,269.33

The bids will be reviewed and considered at a future meeting.

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